Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Italian migrant boys
... rushworth migrant centre... on the M.V. Castel Bianca on 27.12.1951. Held at Rushworth Migrant... in front of barracks. February 1952 at Rushworth Migrant Centre.... Centre, known as Camp Desperation 'fortimo". rushworth migrant ...
The boys are from Fiume, Istria a Zara They were ethnically cleansed by the Yugoslavs between 1945 and 1950, and emigrated under the UN Sponsorship Plan IRD to Australia, arriving on the M.V. Castel Bianca on 27.12.1951. Held at Rushworth Migrant Centre, known as Camp Desperation 'fortimo".Black and white photo, group of 4 boys with toddler in front of barracks. February 1952 at Rushworth Migrant Centre.rushworth migrant centre, photography, camera, accessory, photograph, slides, film
